Lancaster O.

 

The first, and last good Republican that came out of Georgia was General Sherman. He was born in Lancaster Ohio, and his family home is a museum. He was one of eleven children. His father died of typhoid fever, when the boy was nine. He went to live with the Ewings. They were Catholic, and he was baptised (for the second time) as William, perhaps on St. William's Day. His father gave him the name Tecumseh, he was called 'Cump'. He himself, was not religious, his wife was. Their son, Tom became a Jesuit.

Not every house is guarded by such a gun. Don't expect Johnny Rebs to attack here. This gun is safe, the bore is welded with a plug, which also saves the bore from becoming a trash container.

Nearby is a second cannon, in the distance is statue of William Tecumseh Sherman by Mike Major, 2000.

Another of Lancaster's favorite sons is the first famous comic strip cartoonist, Richard Outcault. First it was the Yellow Kid 1895, and then Buster Brown and his dog Tige 1902.

Since 1899, Lancaster has had this replica by J.W. Fiske & Co. of a fountain from the village of Étain, in the department of the Meuse in Lorraine, near the border of Belgium, and Luxembourg. Étain is by Verdun.

This was photographed during a grey day, between intermittent drizzle. This 26½' fountain is across from city hall.

A lizard by Ric Leichliter, and local high school art students, stands between the fountain and city hall.

Saint Mary of the Assumption has recently been declared a minor basilica. It has not received the ombrellino/umbraculum yet, it is a red and yellow silk umbrella that marks the rank of a minor basilica. This is the 7th basilica in Ohio.